"As an organization, we are not ready for Aaron Rodgers to play," McCarthy said.

This will be the seventh consecutive week that Rodgers has been sidelined.

Rodgers has been sidelined since he fractured his collarbone in Week 9 against Chicago. On Thursday, he said he felt good and Packers coach Mike McCarthy said the quarterback looked sharp in practice. Regardless, backup Matt Flynn took most the snaps with the first-team offense.

"We feel that we can beat Pittsburgh with our football team," McCarthy said, adding that Flynn would be the team's quarterback.

Flynn rallied the Packers from a 26-3 halftime deficit last week against Dallas on the road. He threw four second half TD passes and finished 26 of 39 for 299 yards as Green Bay beat Dallas, 37-36.

The win was the second rally in two weeks for the Packers with Flynn, who will start for the fourth straight game.

After failing to win five consecutive weeks without Rodgers, Green Bay (7-6-1) is back in the NFC playoff hunt with the two victories.